Wednesday, February 20, 2013

"Wilson"

I never respond to online classified ads for people giving away cats. Why would I do that when there are cats dying in the shelter? But I still surf the ads anyway and came across an ad that made me stop in my tracks:

"Kitten must be gone in 2 hours"

Nice, eh? You would think at this time of year it wouldn't be too hard to find a home for a kitten. So I sent an email. The response was immediate. "Sure. Here's my address: XXXX"

No questions. Nothing about me or if I was going to torture the cat, or give "it" a good home. Nothing. The address was in an awful area of the city, so David and I left right away and arrived at what I can only describe as a crack house.

Maybe I've been part of La-La Land for too long, but I know a shitty area when I see one. They had several unfixed Pit Bulls in the house and 2 unneutered male cats. They didn't know I was with a rescue and they didn't ask.

She brought out a frightened little guy that she said was 2 months old. He is probably closer to 5 months old. The lady told me that the kids play with him and he's very sweet.

He *IS* sweet and is safe and sound in my "cat room" spare bedroom in the house. Poor kid took a while to come out from his carrier:

He's a Polydactyl and I named him "Wilson". I was trying to figure out a name that didn't sound good with "Turner", but I may have failed. LOL

Since I thought he was 2 months old, I had set up the spare room with my "kitten litterbox". Sherman thought it was WONDERFUL and was happy to wait for the new guy to come out and play:

Sherman looks like a chicken sitting on a nest!

Looks like I'm back to fostering again. I don't think Wilson will last too long on our website. He has HUGE HUGE feet - not just from the extra toes and I'm wondering if there's some Maine Coon in those genes.

8 comments:

You are an angel. I guess you were meant to read that ad. Don't be shocked at their attitude. It happens in our area all the time. If you look on kijiji there are kittens and cats needing homes..FREE..Come an get em! Makes me sick.